Nonlinear time-dependent Schrödinger equations: the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with double-well potential

We consider a class of Schrödinger equations with a symmetric double-well potential and an external, both repulsive and attractive, nonlinear perturbation. We show that, under certain conditions and in the limit of large barrier between the two wells, the reduction of the time-dependent equation to a two-mode equation gives the dominant term of the solution with a precise estimate of the error.     

The nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a potential

We consider the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a potential in one space dimension. Under the assumptions that the potential is generic, sufficiently localized, with no bound states, we obtain the long-time asymptotic behavior of small solutions. In particular, we prove that, as time goes to infinity, solutions exhibit nonlinear phase corrections that depend on the scattering matrix associated to the potential. The proof of our result is based on the use of the distorted Fourier transform – the so-called Weyl–Kodaira–Titchmarsh theory – a precise understanding of the “nonlinear spectral measure” associated to the equation, and nonlinear stationary phase arguments and multilinear estimates in this distorted setting.     

On a complex fundamental solution of the Schrödinger equation

A second-order Schrödinger differential operator of parabolic type is considered, for which an explicit form of a fundamental solution is derived. Such operators arise in many problems of physics, and the fundamental solution plays the role of the Feynman propagation function.     

Estimates on the solution of a schrödinger equation and some applications

Dedicated to Elliott Lieb on the occasion of his 60th birthday.     

Multi-bump positive solutions for a logarithmic Schrödinger equation with deepening potential well

Science China Mathematics - This article concerns the existence of multi-bump positive solutions for the following logarithmic Schrödinger equation: $$left{ {begin{array}{*{20}{l}} { -...     

Allowable graphs of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation and their applications

We construct the definition of allowable graphs of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation of arbitrary degree and use it to verify the separation and irreducibility (over the ring of integers) of the characteristic polynomials of all the possible graphs giving 3-dimensional blocks of the normal form of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The method is purely algebraic and the obtained results will be useful in further studies of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation.     

Explicit breather solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics - We present a one-line closed-form expression for the three-parameter breather of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. This provides an analytic proof of...     

Envelope solution profiles of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a saturable nonlinearity

In this Letter, the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a saturable nonlinearity is investigated via the extended Jacobi elliptic function expansion method. As a consequence, with the aid of symbolic computation, a variety of new envelope periodic wave solutions are obtained in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions. In particular, the discrete dark soliton solution is also given. We analyze the structures of some of the obtained solutions via the figures.     

Coordinate asymptotics for the Schrödinger equation with a rapidly oscillating potential

Coordinate asymptotics for solutions of the Schrödinger equation with a rapidly oscillating potential are considered. The character of the oscillations is such that the leading term in the asymptotic expression does not, in general, reduce to a plane wave and contains an additional phase shift which grows at infinity. The main asymptotic formula is constructed from solutions of an auxiliary problem with a purely periodic potential depending on two numerical parameters. The main formula is applicable, in particular, to potentials of the form xP(x¹⁺), >,(x+1)=(x).Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 51, pp. 119–122, 1975.     

Exact soliton solutions of a D-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation with damping and diffusive terms

In the present study, we apply function transformation methods to the D-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with damping and diffusive terms. As special cases, this method applies to the sine-Gordon, sinh-Gordon, and other equations. Also, the results show that these equations depend on only one function that can be obtained analytically by solving an ordinary differential equation. Furthermore, certain exact solutions of these three equations are shown to lead to the exact soliton solutions of a D-dimensional NLS equation with damping and diffusive terms. Finally, our results imply that the planar solitons, N multiple solitons, propagational breathers, and quadric solitons are solutions to the sine-Gordon, sinh-Gordon, and D-dimensional NLS equations.     

On persistence of superoscillations for the Schrödinger equation with time-dependent quadratic Hamiltonians

In this work, we prove the persistence in time of superoscillations for the Schrödinger equation with time-dependent coefficients. In order to prove the persistence of superoscillations, we have conditioned the coefficients to satisfy a Riccati system, and we have expressed the solution as a convolution operator in terms of solutions of this Riccati system. Further, we have solved explicitly the Cauchy initial value problem with three different kinds of superoscillatory initial data. The operator is defined on a space of entire functions. Particular examples include Caldirola-Kanai and degenerate parametric harmonic oscillator Hamiltonians, and other examples could include Hamiltonians not self-adjoint. For these examples, we have illustrated numerically the convergence on real and imaginary parts.     

A sharp weightedL 2-estimate for the solution to the time-dependent Schrödinger equation

For Ξ∈R ⁿ ,t∈R andf∈S(R ⁿ ) define $\left( {S^2 f} \right)\left( t \right)\left( \xi \right) = \exp \left( {it\left| \xi \right|^2 } \right)\hat f\left( \xi \right)$ . We determine the optimal regularitys ₀ such that $\int_{R^n } {\left\| {(S^2 f)[x]} \right\|_{L^2 (R)}^2 \frac{{dx}}{{(1 + |x|)^b }} \leqslant C\left\| f \right\|_{H^s (R^n )}^2 ,s > s_0 } ,$ holds whereC is independent off∈S(R ⁿ ) or we show that such optimal regularity does not exist. This problem has been treated earlier, e.g. by Ben-Artzi and Klainerman [2], Kato and Yajima [4], Simon [6], Vega [9] and Wang [11]. Our theorems can be generalized to the case where the exp(it|ξ|²) is replaced by exp(it|ξ|^a),a≠2. The proof uses Parseval's formula onR, orthogonality arguments arising from decomposingL ²(R ⁿ ) using spherical harmonics and a uniform estimate for Bessel functions. Homogeneity arguments are used to show that results are sharp with respect to regularity.